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MLA Citation Style Guide

Books (Print)

One Author Format:

Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any. Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication. 

Dick, Susan.  “Literary Realism in Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando and The Waves.”  The Cambridge Companion to Virginia Woolf.  Ed. Sue Roe and Susan Sellers.  Cambridge:  Cambridge UP, 2000.  50-71.

Two Author Format:

Last Name, First Name of First Author, and First Name Last Name of Second Author. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any. Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication. 

Wykes, Maggie, and Barrie Gunter. The Media and Body Image: If Looks Could Kill. Sage, 2005. 

Magazine Articles (Print)

One Author Format:

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Any." Title of Magazine, vol. Volume Number, no. Issue Number, Date of Publication, pp. Page Numbers. 

Lott, John R., Jr.  “When Gun Control Costs Lives.”  National Forum  Fall 2000: 29+.

Two Author Format:

Author's Last Name, First Name, and Second Author's First Name Last Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Any." Title of Magazine, vol. Volume Number, no. Issue Number, Date of Publication, pp. Page Numbers. 

Samuelson, Robert J., and Rich Thomas.  “Chugging Toward a Slowdown.”  Newsweek  18 Dec. 2001: 52-53.

Journal Articles (Print)

Format:

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Any." Name of Journal, vol. Volume Number, no. Issue Number, Date of Publication, pp. First Page Number-Last Page Number.

Tylva, Tracy L., and Linda Mezydlo Subich.  “Exploring the Construct Validity of the Eating Disorder Continuum.”  Journal of Counseling Psychology 46.2 (1999): 268-276.

Encyclopedias (Print)

Format:

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Entry." Title of Encyclopedia or Dictionary, edited by Editor's First Name Last Name, Edition if given and not first edition, vol. Volume Number, Publisher Name, Year of Publication, pp. First Page-Last Page.

Barber, Russell J. "Anthropological Ethics." Ethics, edited by John K. Roth, Rev. ed., vol. 1, Salem Press, 2005, pp. 67-69. 

Newspaper Articles (Print)

Format:

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Any." Name of Newspaper, Date of Publication, p. Page Number. 

Duggan, Paul.  “Texas Legislators Review Use of Death Penalty.”  Washington Post  14 May 2001, home ed.: A3.